The best nutrition for babies up to 5 months of age is breast milk. In the absence of him - industrial baby formula. But from five to six months, additional foods should be included in the baby's diet, prepare new dishes for him, and gradually accustom him to adult food. Of course, children's food should not only be nutritious, but also tasty and attractive in appearance.
Instructions
Step 1
Up to one year old, include simple, natural, easily digestible foods in your baby's diet. These are vegetable, fruit purees, porridge, dairy and fermented milk products. Food in this age period should contain up to 600 calories per day.
Step 2
After a year, simplify your own task of preparing food for your baby. Include soup, borscht, vegetable stew, new fruits, meat, fish dishes in his menu. That is, almost everything that you prepare for yourself can be slightly crushed, grinded and given to the child.
Step 3
Do not feed your baby with spicy, peppery, overly salty, spicy foods. They disrupt his digestion. The calorie norm for baby food from 1 to 3 years old is 1300-1500 kcal, from 3 years to 6 - up to 2000 kcal per day, and from 6 to 10 years - up to 2400 kcal.
Step 4
Children are very attracted to colored food, dishes in the form of animals, figurines, funny faces. That is, if you want your child to eat with pleasure, try to prepare lunches and dinners from colorful products and decorate dishes with imagination before serving.
Step 5
Use exclusively milk fat for baby food in the first years of your baby's life. Milk fats include butter, cream, sour cream. They contain vitamins D and A, which are extremely important for the growing body. Put milk fat immediately on a plate before serving so that the vitamins contained in the products do not break down.
